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Poetic Imagination in Japanese Art Capturing the Haiku Moment in Nature, Art and By Joan Kvitka

There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. Matsuo Basho (1644-94) old pond frog jumps in sound of water Matsuo Basho water falls rushing shadows creep sun lights trees bright peace surrounds me 5th grade Haiku Alive Poet Parkrose Schools Nature is alive everywhere. Nature surrounds all living beings outside and inside. The elements of nature sustain us, support our growth, and plant seeds for our future. Taking time to notice nature is a powerful way to respect nature’s gifts of life. In Japanese culture, nature is honored throughout daily activities, in homes and gardens, in clothing, in celebrations and festivals, and in all art forms and poetry. For centuries, the Japanese have created art and poems based in nature’s wonders and mysteries across the four seasons. Haiku, three-line poems, evolved to honor nature’s gifts that are fleeting—here one moment, only to move or fade away. Matsuo Basho (see quote and haiku above) was born in in 1644 and spent much of his life walking in nature, writing, and capturing the Haiku Moment—nature’s gifts that are short-lived yet, at the same time, part of an ever-lasting cycle of life. Even today, Basho’s words continue to inspire people around the world to observe the Haiku Moment—sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and feelings found alive equally in nature and in human nature. Following in Basho’s footsteps, haiku poets everywhere capture the rhythms of nature across the seasons. Like the patterns and movements of nature, haiku are brief. Haiku are written in 3 lines with about 17 syllables/sounds total. Haiku are written in present tense as nature is always happening NOW! Follow in Basho’s footsteps. Find the Haiku Moment everywhere you are! YOU are a haiku poet! Step outside. With your five senses awake, haiku come alive in nature. Listen! See! Smell! Taste! Feel and Touch! Walk in the rain…close your eyes and cup your ears…does the volume of drumming water rain get louder as it hits the garbage can? Can you describe the feel of slippery leaves under your feet? Zoom in a drop of dew while hearing buzzing bees drink pollen from fresh pink blossoms. Zoom out to distant glowing stars pulsing to the loud tunes of invisible chirping crickets on a summer’s evening. How does the taste of peace fill you on a snowy day? Now you are ready to capture the Haiku Moment!

Learn Haiku Basics  Traditional Japanese poems written and read for more than 400 years  Honor and respect nature’s harmony and change across four seasons

 3-line poems—journey in nature with five senses awake

 About 17 syllables total in 3 lines with sound pattern:

Haiku 3 lines: Short—Longer—Short

 Short: 5 syllables in 1st line

 Longer: 7 syllables in 2nd line

 rd Short: 5 syllables in 3 line  Haiku may change focus in each line: Wide view…right around you…Zoom in

Find a quiet place to explore and record your senses and feelings discovered in being alive in nature. You are beginning to find haiku inside and all around you. The Haiku Moment is YOU!

Practice Awakening Five Senses

Haiku are Everywhere You Are! • LOOK! Nature’s Seasons constantly changing • LISTEN! Haiku world of sounds happening all around

• SMELL! Breathe nature’s growth, fullness, and decay

• TASTE! Imagine samples of nature’s delights • FEEL/TOUCH! Be Present Moment to MOMENT

Spring the songbird’s song it stops what I am doing at the sink ~ Chigetsu (born 1708) Woman Haiku Poet in Basho school

Summer longing for the grass at the bottom of the pool those fireflies ~ (1716-83) Haiku Master Painter

Autumn on the mountain crests a line of wild geese and the moon’s seal ~ Yosa Buson (1716-83) Poet and Painter

Winter my runny nose everywhere but on its dewdrop the twilight fades ~ Hino Sojo (1901-56) 20th c Haiku Poet

Explore Beyond Haiku Basics SIMPLE COMPLEX • 3 Lines  Only 3 Lines • Count about 17 Sounds (5…7…5)  Words Count more than Counting Syllables • No Punctuation Needed  Show Don’t Tell • No rhyming lines  Each line connects • Nature’s Wonders  Wonder about Nature! • Present Tense  Be in the Moment • 5 Senses Awake  Stay Awake to Nature’s Mysteries • Word Pictures  Picture your Words • Write from experience  Brings experience alive for haiku reader

Haiku by Students Like YOU! Explore the Portland Japanese Garden in Portland OR in Haiku From Haiku Alive ~ Partnership between Portland Japanese Garden and Parkrose Schools

zig zag everywhere giant koi flowing fish in diamond waters dart bug sits over orange flash white and orange sun tasty bug, fish gleams ~ 2nd grade Haiku Alive Poet ~ 4th grade Haiku Alive Poet rocks ripple silence flowers grow softly peaceful river of speaks rosy white petals glisten dapples of light pollen hangs waiting ~ 5th grade Haiku Alive Poet ~ 3rd grade Haiku Alive Poet brand new leaves open words of Japan green turns lacy fingers red polka dots splatter smooth stones fiery maple smells green leaves push th ~ 4th grade Haiku Alive Poet ~ 4 grade Haiku Alive Poet fresh sound waves in stone wind whistling calm peace shimmer lantern flowers move heavenly falls mountain stream curves of earth ripple birds silence friendship ~ 2nd grade Haiku Alive Poet ~ 3rd grade Haiku Alive Poet peaceful forest waves trees talking, leaves blowing Read each Haiku aloud with a friend. heart moving in rain Circle Five Senses vocabulary. ~ 4th grade Haiku Alive Poet Identify what you See, Hear, Taste, Smell, Touch/Feel. With the words you circled, write your own haiku as if YOU were in the Portland Japanese Garden! Let Basho Inspire You, too! Haiku written by Followers of Basho From The Art of Haiku by Stephen Addiss, Chapter 4 Awaken to the Season! Five Senses Discoveries! Play with Haiku! Play with Haiku ~ Make it YOURS! Illustrate your Haiku

(EXAMPLE: Inspired by the first haiku, by Haiku Master a wild sea— Basho…feeling Autumn’s letting go…Sado Island in Sea of and flowing out toward Sado Island Japan leads to Sauvie’s Island in Columbia River. Leftover the Milky Way soggy pumpkins in fields after Halloween signal moving Basho Haiku Master (1644-94) from outdoors to inside. Orange pumpkins & inner lights.) stormy river waves Haiku by Followers of Basho flowing toward Sauvie’s Island lightening— orange lights dark fields and in the dark the screech of a night heron a monk sips morning tea it’s quiet, the chrysanthemum’s flowering from all these trees in the salads, the soup, everywhere cherry blossoms fall stillness— the cicada’s cry drills into the rocks wolves howling in harmony— snowy evening baby sparrows— exchanging their chirps with a nest of mice with water as a mirror you can paint your eyebrows— willow by the river not waiting for summer the plum blossoms have put on a white dress although I call “yes yes” someone still knocks at the snowy gate hundreds of gourds all coming from the heart of a single vine one sneeze and he’s lost from view— the skylark

5. AWAKENING THE SENSES: CAPTURING the HAIKU MOMENT ACROSS the FOUR SEASONS FIVE SENSES DISCOVERY WORDS

SEE HEAR

TOUCH/FEEL Outside/Inside

SMELL TASTE

6. Steps to Haiku by YOU!

HAIKU A, B, C, D, E’s… Awaken the 5 senses! Be curious and wonder-full! Capture Nature’s surprises in a single moment! Dig Deep! Everywhere is a Haiku Moment! Each step into nature is a new moment of discovery. In haiku, each of three lines of the poem allows for a fresh view of a simple moment. STEP 1: STEP OUTSIDE or into ART STEP 2: Stay in the PRESENT! SENSE changes moment to HAIKU MOMENT! STEP 3: BRAINSTORM Word Descriptions in a Five Senses Chart SEE SMELL HEAR TASTE FEEL/TOUCH Use Descriptive Words...take out words that do not give details (the, a, very, pretty, nice, like, I, colorful (describe colors), some, there...) Use Action Words that show movement, sound, feeling, taste, touch Leaves swirl, water gurgles, wind ripples, ghost clouds, leaves reach/uncurl, stones listen, heart moves, peace calls, pollen waits, sweet pink blooms, slippery steps, guard quiet, fiery maples, memories blossom, oxygen blooming, sweet wind, whistling quiet, still harmony STEP 4: RANDOMLY READ images aloud to hear sounds and patterns emerge STEP 5: CIRCLE IMAGES that express the Haiku Moment from far away to up close STEP 6: CLAP out SOUNDS/SYLLABLES in 5-7-5 patterns IMPORTANT: DESCRIPTIVE WORDS COUNT more than counting syllables STEP 7: BEGIN to WRITE original Haiku STEP 8: EDIT for Aliveness and Clarity…Haiku READERS are part of Haiku Moment STEP 9: SHARE your Haiku! STEP 10: ACCEPT the CHALLENGE—Shifting Focus Haiku 1st line: Far Away rocks stand in ocean 2nd line: Right around you sand circling shadows purple 3rd line: Zoom in close up waves rushing home 2nd grade Haiku Alive Poet rain clouds- steps to Japan the frog stone by stone I walk up puffs his belly out! rain drops on journey ~ Chiyo-ni (1703-75) Woman Master Poet ~ 4th grade Haiku Alive Poet AWAKENING THE SENSES: CAPTURING the HAIKU MOMENT ACROSS the SEASONS FIVE SENSES DISCOVERY WORDS

SEE HEAR

TOUCH/FEEL Outside/Inside

SMELL TASTE

CAPTURING THE HAIKU MOMENT: HAIKU by YOU! Line 1 Short (5 sounds/syllables) Line 2 Longer (7 sounds/syllables) Line 3 (5 sounds/syllables)

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